Tennessee state GOP chairman Scott Golden tells Politico he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the December 2 special election to replace former Congressman Mark Green – who resigned last summer – in the state’s 7th District, seeing candidate Matt Van Epps as an America First blah blah blah choice for the voters there. “But I think that there’s a lot of blocking and tackling that we still need to do to make sure that the vote comes out,” Golden added about a race against Dem Aftyn Behn that isn’t supposed to be competitive. It would be very bad for the GOP if they lose this one.